1917 — 1918 YEARS
23724
TELEGRAM TO THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMISSAR
Petrozavodsk
July 7, 1918

You are charged with the obligation to:
1. Take all measures for the radical destruction of the railway line at as considerable a distance as possible.
2. Arrest foreigners directly or indirectly assisting the predatory campaign of the Anglo-French imperialists; in case of resistance—shoot them.
3. Citizens of the Soviet Republic rendering direct or indirect assistance to imperialist plunder—shoot them.

Two million rubles are being transferred to your disposal.
Regarding the military assistance being sent to you, notification will be made separately*.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

23726
TO THE PEOPLE'S COMMISSARIAT FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS
July 11, 1918

Take the most urgent measures for the immediate unloading of cars with pyroxilin at Galich station, as well as within the limits of the Moscow district roads, and report the results to me.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

* The final phrase of the telegram was written in the hand of V. I. Lenin.

LENIN COLLECTION
23746
TELEGRAM
TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GALICH SOVIET
July 11, 1918

Immediately rescind the prohibition on unloading pyroxilin.
Provide careful guard of the storage facilities. The Engineering Department will take all precautionary measures. Telegraph to me personally how many cars are unloaded daily. The speed of unloading and the guard of the storage vaults are placed upon your personal responsibility. Report on the execution.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars
Lenin

Printed from the original signed by V. I. Lenin.

41107
RESOLUTION ON A MEMORANDUM
OF THE SOVIET AMBASSADOR IN BERLIN*
July 13, 1918

This must be transmitted i m m e d i a t e l y (by direct wire) to Tsaritsyn to Stalin.

* The Soviet ambassador in Berlin informed Lenin of excerpts from a speech by Reichstag deputy Stresemann concerning Soviet-German relations.